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Bob From Brockley @bobfrombrockley.bsky.social · 2d

I’m not generally a fan of if-the-boot-was-on-the-other-foot counterfactuals, but can you imagine what the UK media would be doing if one of Corbyn’s closest politician allies was found to be a Russian agent? Why is Farage not being held over the coals for this?

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

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Bob From Brockley @bobfrombrockley.bsky.social · 2d

The perp being a white South African mentioned in paragraph 22

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Bob From Brockley @bobfrombrockley.bsky.social · 2d

Maybe you’re right about the current situation. They’ve got such a bad deck of hands to play with and the impact of reinvestment is always so slow to see compared to the impact of disinvestment so the public tends to forget how bad it was under the disinvesting government by the time things improve.

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Bob From Brockley @bobfrombrockley.bsky.social · 2d

Yes I think it’s not about individual councillors; there should’ve been (and could still be) a nation-wide narrative and campaign (it’s a complicated issue so hard to find the right messaging) and then bringing that back to municipalities through local fora and local old and new media.

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Bob From Brockley @bobfrombrockley.bsky.social · 2d

It’s extraordinary but not shocking that it isn’t seen as a massive story that one of the most senior politicians in Farage’s party was an active Russian agent for pay, asking questions in the European Parliament on the Kremlin’s behalf, organising pro-Russian events.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Bob From Brockley @bobfrombrockley.bsky.social · 2d

I think in opposition Labour failed to get a story across about the scale of Tory destruction of local government so that voters could have understood this. In power, reversing that destruction hasn’t been a priority (when all spending needs are squeezed) so it can’t really tell that story now.

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Rita, antifascist🏴 @oldsquida.bsky.social · 2d

i have added @mark-bray.bsky.social to the afa research starter pack & apologize for such an embarrassing oversight.
go.bsky.app/739SB3g

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Bob From Brockley @bobfrombrockley.bsky.social · 2d

(a) not as comforting, (b) no M&S in SE4

Bob From Brockley @bobfrombrockley.bsky.social · 2d

I used to eat a lot of Fray Bentos products but haven’t in ages!

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Bob From Brockley @bobfrombrockley.bsky.social · 2d

Folks, have tinned steam puddings ceased to exist? Has the Microwave finally killed them off? I’ve just looked in like four different corner stores, the kinds of places they would’ve once been a staple, and there were none.

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Ben Gidley @bengidley.bsky.social · 3d

So @danielmang.bsky.social and I wrote something about the left in our current moment. It took us ages and ended up being rather longer than intended. Let us know what you think.

Daniel Mang @danielmang.bsky.social · 6d

Left Renewal in an Age of Waiting, by Ben Gidley and Daniel Mang – 1 October 2025 leftrenewal.org/lraw-en/

Left Renewal in an Age of Waiting, by Ben Gidley and Daniel Mang – 1 October 2025 – Left Renewal Blog

leftrenewal.org

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Bob From Brockley @bobfrombrockley.bsky.social · 4d

Just started this and of course really enjoying it. Probably the first time @leninology.bsky.social and Hillary Clinton were put so closely together on the page.

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Bob From Brockley @bobfrombrockley.bsky.social · 5d

Good point

Bob From Brockley @bobfrombrockley.bsky.social · 6d

Btw if you want to be more informed about UK police corruption/racism/sexism, here’s some accounts you should follow:

@copscampaign.bsky.social @spiesoutoflives.bsky.social @netpol.org @orgreavejustice.bsky.social @donalodriscoll.bsky.social @tombfowler.bsky.social @francescanwtn.bsky.social

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Bob From Brockley @bobfrombrockley.bsky.social · 6d

Elmore Leonard because they’re too good to give away. Murakami because nobody ever finishes them. Not sure why Dahl though.

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Bob From Brockley @bobfrombrockley.bsky.social · 6d

This is Greater Manchester police, not that long ago bsky.app/profile/arbe...

Arbeitology @arbeitology.bsky.social · 6d

For years I wasn’t sure if it was a fever dream but I found the doc recently. this is 4 years after the MacPherson report - this stuff never goes away, and every other year we have an exposé and a bunch of recriminations and apologies

m.youtube.com/watch?v=V5A2...

The Secret Policeman - BBC Documentary by Mark Daly from 2003. *Police Racism*

YouTube video by Rare Tracks UK

m.youtube.com

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Bob From Brockley @bobfrombrockley.bsky.social · 6d

These are the officers that worked with Sarah Everard’s killer, Wayne Couzens, who used his warrant card to entrap women. These are the officers that illegally brutalised the women who then protested.

See @francescanwtn.bsky.social in Tribune:

tribunemag.co.uk/2022/03/sara...

A Year After the Murder of Sarah Everard, Not Enough Has Changed

Today marks a year since Sarah Everard was kidnapped and murdered while walking home – and instead of dealing with the violence and bigotry endemic in the police, the state has doubled down.

tribunemag.co.uk

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Bob From Brockley @bobfrombrockley.bsky.social · 6d

Charing Cross station just a couple of years ago: rape jokes and vile racism.

(CW - some really disturbing comments in this link.)

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022...

Met officers joked about raping women, police watchdog reveals

Met denies culture of misogyny as damning report reveals sexist, racist and homophobic messages sent as ‘banter’

www.theguardian.com

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Bob From Brockley @bobfrombrockley.bsky.social · 6d

Horrible but deeply unsurprising news. This station and the Met in general are probably among the most racist, misogynistic and violent, but don’t imagine this is a localised “few bad apples”.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Secret BBC filming exposes hidden culture of racism and misogyny inside Met Police

Panorama undercover investigation captures evidence that

www.bbc.co.uk

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Bob From Brockley @bobfrombrockley.bsky.social · 6d

The neo-Nazi international meet Orthodox clerical fascism, hosted by a Kremlin-linked oligarch in St P’berg. Prayers said for Charlie Kirk. Alains Soral and De Benoist join online, Dugin in the room.

(HT @vorkoz.bsky.social)

meduza.io/en/feature/2...

‘We are not subject to Russophobia’ Russian politicians and Orthodox priests welcome international fascist organizations at St. Petersburg conference — Meduza

In mid-September, members of fascist groups from around the world convened in St. Petersburg, Russia. After joining a religious procession led by Russian Orthodox Church head Patriarch Kirill, delegat...

meduza.io

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Bob From Brockley @bobfrombrockley.bsky.social · 7d

#GenZuprising / #Nepal

bsky.app/profile/irar...

Ira.R @iraregmi.bsky.social · 8d

Read my latest on Nepal’s Gen Z revolution in @crimethinc.com. I write about the specter of corruption, political violence, revolutionary praxis, and radical inclusion.

CrimethInc. Ex-Workers' Collective @crimethinc.com · 8d

The so-called "Gen Z" protests are continuing to spread around the world.

To follow up our interview with Black Book Distro in Kathmandu, we offer more context for the conditions that produced the revolution in Nepal and the horizons that are opening before it.

crimethinc.com/NepalRevolut...

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Bob From Brockley @bobfrombrockley.bsky.social · 7d

Orbán following Trump in declaring “Antifa” terrorists as a pretext for (more) political repression

v23id @v23id.bsky.social · 7d

Dans le sillage de Trump, Orban classe le mouvement antifa “organisation terroriste”

Emboîtant le pas à son allié américain, le dirigeant conservateur hongrois, Viktor Orban, promet des “punitions sévères” aux membres du mouvement antifa, désorm...

www.courrierinternational.com

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Bob From Brockley @bobfrombrockley.bsky.social · 7d

#GenZ uprising / #Morocco

Reminds me of 2011

(HT @notnobel.bsky.social )

www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/9/...

Gen Z protesters rally across Morocco demanding health, education reforms

Police say nearly 200 people have been arrested as the north African nation is rocked by biggest protests in years.

www.aljazeera.com

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Bob From Brockley @bobfrombrockley.bsky.social · 7d

It’s not new.

dneiwert.blogspot.com/2019/05/the-...

The Pontifex Maximus and His Lawyer: Glenn Greenwald and his strange far-right blind spot

--> [Cross-posted at Daily Kos.] You may be like me, confused about how nationally known pundits who label themselves “progre...

dneiwert.blogspot.com

Bob From Brockley @bobfrombrockley.bsky.social · 7d

Glenn Greenwald does what he does best: amplify and defend actual Nazis

Right Wing Watch @rightwingwatch.bsky.social · 8d

Glenn Greenwald says Nick Fuentes' authenticity makes it easy for critics to "demonize and attack you by taking these quotes that can sound not just very racist, but very almost Nazi-like and kind of an extermination rhetoric." Um, yea. People who use Nazi-like rhetoric tend to get labeled a Nazi.

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